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View definitions for unravel

unravel

verb as in solve

Strongest matches

Strong matches

Weak matches

verb as in untangle

verb as in unfold

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The victory leaves Miami just one win away from completing a remarkable transformation after a season that appeared to be unraveling in disarray earlier in the campaign following after a string of defeats.

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However long it takes to unravel your current life, you have methodically gone through the necessary steps to arrive at an informed decision about your future retirement destination abroad.

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Budgets can unravel spectacularly, fall apart before your eyes.

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If generations of diplomats viewed the post-Soviet challenges of Eastern Europe as a Gordian knot to be painstakingly unraveled, the president envisioned an easy fix: The borders matter less than the business.

But that no longer seemed the case Saturday, as USC unraveled on special teams, putting its offense in too deep of a hole to climb out of.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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